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Stokes v. South Carolina

Petition for certiorari denied on December 12, 2016

Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
15-9329 N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2016

Issue: (1) Whether it is a violation of the Sixth Amendment guarantee of conflict-free counsel for a lawyer who previously prosecuted a defendant to represent that same defendant in a subsequent and related capital trial; and (2) whether a valid waiver of the right to conflict-free counsel can be found when the trial record contains no mention of a conflict or waiver, and the post-conviction record does not address, let alone satisfy, the constitutionally required elements of a valid waiver.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
05/11/2016Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 15, 2016)
06/21/2016Order extending time to file response to petition to and including July 15, 2016.
07/15/2016Brief of respondent South Carolina in opposition filed.
08/04/2016DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2016.
08/25/2016Record Requested .
08/30/2016Reply of petitioner Sammie Louis Stokes filed. (Distributed)
09/29/2016Record received from the Supreme Court of South Carolina. The record is electronic.
10/06/2016Record received from the Court of Common Pleas of South Carolina, Orangeburg County (1 box).
10/13/2016DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 28, 2016.
10/31/2016DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 4, 2016.
11/07/2016DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 10, 2016.
11/14/2016DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 22, 2016.
11/28/2016DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 2, 2016.
12/05/2016DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 9, 2016.
12/12/2016Petition DENIED.
01/27/2017Record returned to the Court of Common Pleas of South Carolina, Orangeburg County (1 box).